English

Verb

reprobe ‎(third-person singular simple present reprobes, present participle reprobing, simple past and past participle reprobed)

1. To probe again
2. (molecular biology) To reapply a chemical probe, usually after a previous probe has been stripped
   • 2001, Alan S. Gerstein, Molecular Biology Problem Solver, ISBN 0471461032, page 433:

     Nylon membranes are more easily stripped and reprobed.

Related terms

• deprobe

Italian

Adjective

reprobe

1. Feminine plural form of reprobo

Latin

Adjective

reprobe

1. vocative masculine singular of reprobus

References

• REPROBE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)